Cr(VI) and Conductivity as Indicators of Surface Water Pollution from Ferrochrome Production in South Africa: Four Case Studies

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2315-2325

  Loock Hattingh, M M ^a   Beukes, J P ^a   van Zyl, P G ^a   Tiedt, L R ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CASE-STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FERROCHROME PRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDY AREAS;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 84942199270     PISSN: 10735615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-015-0395-x     Document Type: Article

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